Saturday, September 02, 2006
Pretec has announced the launch of a new 8 GB SD card, the largest SD we have seen to date.
"Using the new SD 2.0 standard (also known as SDHC), the new card offers double the capacity of the original SD card format, which is limited to a maximum of 4GB by design. SD 2.0 is not backwards compatible with earlier hardware, though Pretec plans to introduce a tool named SD-Tuner to help users make the transition."
The card will apparently be available in the 4th quarter of this year, at an expected retail price of $299 USD. Seems reasonable given that it doesn't seem that long ago that a 1GB CompactFlash card was selling for more than a $1000.... (Source- Electronista)
"Using the new SD 2.0 standard (also known as SDHC), the new card offers double the capacity of the original SD card format, which is limited to a maximum of 4GB by design. SD 2.0 is not backwards compatible with earlier hardware, though Pretec plans to introduce a tool named SD-Tuner to help users make the transition."
The card will apparently be available in the 4th quarter of this year, at an expected retail price of $299 USD. Seems reasonable given that it doesn't seem that long ago that a 1GB CompactFlash card was selling for more than a $1000.... (Source- Electronista)